A talk by Bernard Horan given as part of the Sun Campus Ambassador scheme at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday, the 30th of April 2008.

The Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT) is a small
wireless sensor/actuator platform programmed entirely in Java "on the
bare metal" (without an OS). It is based on an ARM 9 processor with 512K
ram, 4 MB flash, and a 802.15.4 radio part. The Sun SPOT includes a
"demo sensorboard" that hosts a 3-axis accelerometer, temperature
sensor, light sensor, 8 tri-colored LEDs, 6 ADC lines and 9 digital IO
pins. The device includes a battery that recharges when the Sun SPOT is
plugged into a USB port. For longer- term deployments, the system
provides a 36 micro-amp deep sleep mode. The Java VM, called Squawk, is
specially designed for small devices, and can run many applications in
the one VM. This capability, and other features of the Sun SPOT will be
demoed as part of the presentation. Also shown will be "SPOTWorld," a
deployment and management application.


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Producer: Andrew John Hughes
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: sun spot; bernard horan; gordon manson; tom gummery; spotworld

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